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and how would you distribute tlie saincf 

 Also, what boiler capacity will be need- 

 ed? A. M. 



Probably as good a plan as any to 

 follow would be to pipe each house as 

 though it were independent. This, on 

 a steam basis, can be well done by using 

 a 214-inch riser under the ridge of each 

 house, and dividing each at the most dis- 

 tant end of the house to supply sixteen 

 1 14 -inch pipes arranged beneath the 

 benches in such a manner as to allow an 

 extra pipe under each of the benches 

 next the outside wall in each house. A 

 boiler with 300 square feet of heating 

 surface, or one rated to carry 2,500 

 square feet of radiation, should be ample 

 for the plant. L. C. C. 



A HOUSE FOR MIXED PLANTS. 



Please inform me how to pipe my 

 greenhouse for hot water. The house 

 is 1(5x42 feet, running east and west, 

 and is eleven feet to the ridge. The 

 north side is five and one-half feet high, 

 solid wall. The south side is four and 

 one-half feet high, two feet being glass. 

 The ends are one-half glass. The loca- 

 tion is Indiana. All pipes are to be un- 

 der the two outside benches; also the 

 flow pipes, if possible. The boiler is to 

 be in the basement of the residence, 

 twenty feet from the greenhouse. I in- 

 tend to grow a mixture of plants. How 

 many square feet of radiation have II 

 How large a boiler will I need to heat 

 three times this area? P. F. 



To maintain a temperature suitable 

 for a mixed class of plants, it Avill be 

 desirable to install about 400 square 

 feet of radiation. If you use 2-inch 

 pipe, this can be done by installing fif- 

 teen runs of pipe, all of which may be 

 arranged under the benches. Two of the 

 pipes can be used for flow pipes and 

 thirteen for returns. This plan would 

 require a boiler rated at at least 1,500 

 square feet of radiation, if you wish 

 three times the required present capacity. 



L. C. C. 



ST. LOUIS. 



TheMarkeU 



The weather was not so hot last week 

 and trade, considering the season, was 

 fairly good, though nearly all the work 

 done Avas for funerals. The local re- 

 tailers are anxiously awaiting the return 

 of our summer tourists and, with them 

 safely back in the city, the cut flowed 

 trade should take a decided turn for thy 

 better. 



A trip through the wholesale district 

 last Monday morning found it in fairly 

 good condition, with nothing in the over- 

 flow. There are plenty of roses to be 

 had, but only few of the fancy grade. 

 White and pink Cochets are coming in 

 well and sell better than Brides and 

 Maids. Beauties, when good, sell clean, 

 but not any too many are coming in. 

 Asters are selling well. Canfield's fancy 

 grades have the c^ at Kuehn's. 



Carnations are coming better in size 

 and color, but short in stem. Anything 

 good sells well. Single tuberose spikes 

 arc plentiful and selling cheap. Smilax 

 has become scarce, but in other greens 

 there is plenty. 



A Growers' G)nvention. 



The American Apple Growers met in 

 convention August 11 and 12, in the 

 parlors of the Southern hotel. President 



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